Baseball game



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' ALBERT MEYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BASEBALL GAME.

Application filed May 8, 1926, Serial No. 107,689. Renewed February 10, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in games for amusement and more particularly to what may be termed a parlor base ball game. WVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be herein after fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in which Fig.1 is a plan view of the game board employed.

. Figs. 2 to 7 inclusiveare face views of some of the playing .cards employed.

Like reference characters denote corre sponding parts through the several views' This game is to be played by two people who represent the competing base ball teams, one person takes the place of the outs and the other player. that of the ins. The game is played upon a game board that is marked or painted to denote a base ball playing field and score board combined, the men on bases being denoted by cardboard or Wooden markers similar to the conventional checker or chip and the movements, hits, outs, and the like, of the menbeing indicated'by direc tions printed on the faces of the specially designed playing cards, a pack of which is provided for each player and a pack of steal cards for optional use by the party rep'resenting the ins, all in a manner to beset forth.

The board 1 is of oblong shape, and may or may not be made to foldalong a transverse center line for convenience, and upon the face thereof is a representation of a base ball play ing field which comprises the base ball diamond wherein are the bases denoted by 113 for first base, 213 for second base, 313 for third base and-2 denoting the home plate. The pitchers box is denoted by the space at P, the catcher at C, short stop at SS, left fielder, center fielder and right fielder at spaces denoted respectively by LF, CF, and RF.

Spaces, four in number, are provided on the board for marking the balls and are denoted by the numeral 3, spaces 4, three in number for the strikes, spaces 5, three in number for the outs and spaces 6 for the score made by each side during any inning.

Two packs of playing cards comprising twenty-five cards each are provided and a third pack of ten cards. One of the larger packs is used by the player representing the ins and is known as up -to-bat cards which phrase is printed upon the back of each, these cards being denoted bythe numeral 7,9111

two of these cards being illustrated and comprising Figs. 1- and 5 of the drawing Upon the face of each card 7 appears an abbreviat1on C followed by a hyphen and. by a command or indicated action to the batter at the plate. The. abbreviation C stands for curve. Centrally of each card 7 is printed an abbreviation SB for straight ball, then a hyphen anda command or indicated action of the batter at the plate. Upon each card 7 is a third abbreviation D for drop and thereafter hyphen and 'a command to the batter.

Six of the cards 7 carry the command. Ball after the abbreviation C; three of the cards 7 carry the command Foul ball;

one carries the command Sacrifice; two carry the command Single; one carries the command Hit by pitcher, take base; three carry the command Foul out; one carries ,the'command Wild pitch, runners advance onebase; four carry the command Strike;

two carry the command Double; one car ries the command Triple; one carries the command Double play, runner on farthest base and batter put out; and one carries theccmmand Fly out.

Ten of the cards 7 after the abbreviation SB carry the command Ball; one carries the command Sacrifice; two carry the command Out at first; threecarry the command Fly out; five carry the com mand Strike; one carries the command Foul out; one carries the command Foul ball; one carries the command Single; one carries the command Double play, batter and runner on farthest base put out and one carries the command Home run.

' Three of the cards 7, after the abbreviation D carry the command Fbul ball; one carriesthe command Passed ball, runners advance one base; one carries the command Out at first; two carry the command Single; eight carry the command Strike; SIX carry the command Ball; two carry the command Fly out one carries the command V and five have the word Out.

top card of the pack face up and this exposes the word Drop, it is assumed; the p ayer holding-the pack of cards? now turns one t them up. and hismarker at the home plate is governed bytheword appearing after the abbreviation D thereon; this word may be the Word or command Strike which indieates that the batter has one strike against 1 him and this strike is promptly markedin a strike space 4, Fig. 1. The players now alternate in, turningover one cardof their'paoks. Assuming the next card: 8 turned over reads Curve :1 card 7 is turned whichmay read, after abbreviation C. Strike. Two strikes are now against the batter, which are recorded. The third card 8 may read Straight ball and when the next card 7 is turned over the command afterthe abbreviation SB is found to be Ball.

.In thismanner the game proceeds. When a. batter has three strikes against him one.

* Out is marked in a spacev and all: runs are marked in the spaces 6 of which sufiicient are provided: for both players. Whenthree outs are scored a e-inst the ins the la ers;

change packs and play is, resumed. Each time three outs are scored one half 'inning has been played. All base ball rules are followed and consequentlynine'innings constitute a game unless atie results and'in this event the tie is played off in extra innings.

In the event of a home run the batter scores and all men then on base score with. him. In

the case of a triple the batter gets a three base,

hit and all men on bases score. Ina double the batter gets, a two base hit and men on base advance two bases. In a single the batter gets a one base hit and the runners advance one base, A, florrlhall counts as a strike unless the batter isalready under two, strikes. Batter; takes his base on four balls. If batter is hit by a pitched ball he takes first base. In case of a sacrifice the batter iaout and all runners on base advance one base. If batter is out at first base no base runners advance unless a runner was then an first.

At any time the ins fhavea man on base they may chose to attempt a steal. The 'in player then turns over one steal canal and if this card indicates ea-fie?" the man on base is advanced onebase; if the steal card cates out the runner-is out. "whatiaclaimed issim V In a base ball ame, a game. board repre senting a base ha 1 playing field eomprisin the diamond and score spaces, certain Qf sai score spaces being located; adjacent the home 7 plate and receiving indicia demtingthe in dividual playsas made, the remaining score spaces beinglocated in the outfield and re ceiving indicia denoting the cumulative results of the indicia oi. the home. plate score spaces, markers adapted for movement over the diamond, playing cards comprisi rate packs, the cards 0% said peeks inscriptionson their faces, the cards. of two ofi'said packs being adapted to beturned' face up,on e card at'a time, alternately; the inscriptionsupom the exposed faces of the cards of one pack being rble'throughreferenee to the exposed-faces o-f-the other peek, and a third'pack; of eardsad'apted foroptional play by one of the contending-parties tolthe game, the exposed card inscriptions determining the movements of the markers over the board and the "score indicia, substantially as set forth. 'l i In testimony that I cl'aim the foregoing 

